Well, this ought to make the day of a few Clint Eastwood fans out there—looks like the actor turned director who stated that 2008’s Gran Torino would be his final bow in front of a movie camera is planning on returning from his acting retirement for at least one more film.
We’re very sequel heavy on DVD this week as one of the spring’s biggest sequel hits, and biggest sequel flops, both come to DVD on the same day.
That’s right, it’s finally Fast Five day on DVD so you can take the all-star cast from the nearly billion-dollar megahit home with you. Or, if horror is more your speed, you can hang out for the thousand-dollar non-hit Scream 4 and let the blood flow.
All that plus many more TV on DVD and a whole lot of Lion King.
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Despite the fact that this is a movie franchise based upon a film in which Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren starred as Vietnam-era soldiers who were killed and then turned into cyborgs who punch and kick each other a lot (I know, I know, it sounds like it should be cool, but it isn’t) Universal Soldier is somehow getting a freaking TV show. Go figure.
So. It’s come to this. As The AV Club notes, Nelson Mandela “survived nearly three decades in a South African prison, and upon his release worked more tirelessly than ever to bring equality and a democratic voice to an oppressed people,” and now, he’s receiving the ultimate reward a man can receive after spending a giant chunk of his life sacrificing his freedom to ensure the freedom of others—his granddaughters are getting a reality TV show.
For reasons known only to the harsh and meaningless universe, which deems it necessary to punish all living things with an existence that is barren of hope, decency, or reason, another Mortal Kombat film is being made, thanks to the good folks over at Warner Games, who are hoping that if there’s one thing moviegoers want to see in 2013, it’s a film in which a hearty young lad by the name of Johnny Cage rips out the spine of a strange chap named Noob Saibot and then chokes him to death with said spine as that wacky Noob proceeds to violently vomit out his own entrails before spasmodically dying.
Hey, ever wish there was an epic film that told the life story of Moses, following his tale from birth to the moment when he parted the Red Sea with the powers of the Big Guy spurring him on? Gosh, wouldn’t that be a cool film? Maybe you could give it a biblical name, like, The Ten Commandments, or something like that, you know? Well, since a classic movie like that has never, ever been made, Warner Bros. has decided to make Gods and Kings, an epic film about the life of Moses, to be possibly directed by Steven Spielberg.
When not busy writing hacky, gimmick-ridden dialogue that is occasionally saved by the stellar acting skills of a film’s lead actress (Juno), and is sometimes not (Jennifer’s Body), Diablo Cody has decided to direct her first film, Lamb of God. And now, she’s got two leads to either crumble beneath or shine in spite of her florid screenplay dialogue—Russell Brand and Julianne Hough.
Wow. Despite the fact that the giant goiter with a man growing out of it (or, as you might know it, George Lucas), continued to meddle with his original vision, tossing in even more cheesy CGI additions and horrible Darth Vadar “NOOOOOOOO!” exclamations, the Star Wars complete saga Blu-Ray set has, within just one week, become the highest selling Blu-Ray of all time.
Huh—seems as if Marvel Studios is looking to continue their new tradition of having wildly talented directors of dramatic, emotionally searing films direct a movie about a blonde guy with a cape who swings a big hammer real hard. At least, according to Entertainment Weekly, who has it that Patty Jenkins—the woman behind the grueling and harrowingly great Charlize Theron-starring film, Monster—will be taking over the director’s chair from Kenneth Branagh for Thor 2.
